Trams boss says budget going off track is “great success”

EDINBURGH’S tram scheme boss believes going £33million over budget would be “a great success.”Richard Jeffrey says the massive project is likely to cost £545million instead of the original £512million budget.

But rather than going off the rails, he says he would be “pleased” if his team hit the newly raised budget bar.

Shirley Anne Somerville MSP slammed his remarks as “simply not good enough.”